You guys are AWESOME! Thanks soooooo much for the reviews I love to here from the viewers! So in this chap. you will see a flashback it is italicized, so you will know. Sorry that it took a while for the update. I do have homework...XD Sooooooo anywhose on to the story! Tell me what you think!

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Chapter 3

The rush of cool air hit Private face as the door became open. His bare feet hit the cool cement, and he slowly shut the door behind him. Blue lights shone brightly in the darkness of the room. Private noticed that the blue lights outline each filing cabinet, or computer.

Private smiled widely he felt proud know that he got in here without any help at all from anyone. But should he feel proud about going against Skipper's orders? Private shrug, he would get over it. He just needed to know what exactly was going on.

Just as Private steps forward he stops himself. He hears a ringing sound, or something beeping. No, it sounded like something sizzling. Private grab his flashlight that he brought with him, and shone it right in front of him. Lasers. Light red beams shot out from each angle of the room.

Private whisper harshly, "Bloody laser beams! Really K'walski?" Private huffs his angry breath out.

He started to bite his fingernail, and pace into the little space he has. He should have known this would happen. That Kowalski's skills in security would be at top level. He was just going to have to take his time if that was possible.

Private began his search to turn off the lasers before his time would run out.

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Kowalski couldn't sleep. His memories were jingling up in his head. Too many memories to count from the good to the worse. Some of them he hates to remember, and some of them he would replay them over in his head so he wouldn't forget. He was trying to recall the memories of a younger, littler Private.

When was it that Kowalski had heard Private's voice crack before? He closes his eyes to recall on the past….

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Kowalski was the first to notice. Private had flinched. A painful flinch. Skipper had just gave him a pat on the back with training today, but all during training Kowalski had notice the contortion of his face in pain. Kowalski wasn't one to be fool by. So as they left the training room, and out into the hallway. Kowalski pulled Private back into the training room when Rico, and Skipper had left.

Kowalski stare at Private for a while, and then said, "Take off your shirt."

Private raised his eyebrows, "Um…Why, K'walski?" He pretended to be confused, but Kowalski wasn't buying it. He always knew Private was clever, but never would he have thought he would hide something this serious from them.

Kowalski crossed his bare arms, he missed his lab coat, but that was beside the point, "You heard me, Private. Take off your shirt, now, before I get Skipper to come in here, and order you to." Private's eyes widen, like 'You wouldn't dare.' Kowalski eyes, and mouth said, "Try me."

Private made an angry face, but huff, "Fine." He carefully took off his shirt slowly, and then Kowalski wanted to turn away from what he saw.

There stood Private his chest to his pale shoulders was cover in bruises, and what tried to be stiches. Around his ribs were deep dark purple bruises. Near his shoulder were poorly done stiches that he had probably done himself. He could tell Private was having a hard time breathing. His ribs were probably broken by the looks of it. Private smirk as if it were funny, "That's not all either." He turns his back showing multiple bruises on his back. Kowalski had to look away from a fraction of the second.

Kowalski started to get angry at each bruise he saw. Private had tried the stimulation that Skipper had forbid Private to do. Skipper had told him he wasn't ready just yet, and by the sight of these affections on him he wasn't ready at all. It felt like it was Kowalski fault for even building the stimulation in the first place, and for not having a good enough password obviously. Kowalski took off his glasses, and pinch the bridge on his nose hard.

Private noticed that he was mad, "I know it looks bad, but-"

Kowalski was red in the face, "Shut the door, Private, God knows that this place has thin walls!" Private cringes at Kowalski mad voice, but does as he asked, "What were you thinking? You could have killed yourself?"

Private half-smiled, "But…I didn't." Private's half-smile vanished as Kowalski had an un-amused smile on his face, "It's not that bad…K'walski?" He looked, at Kowalski who was shaking his head at Private.

"Not. That. Bad?" Kowalski raised his eyebrows high, "Percival, you can barely breathe let alone train still. Skipper told you that you weren't ready…What in God's name made you think that your body could take on the stimulation?" Kowalski stared at Private angrily.

Private's nose twitched in madness, "I wanted to prove that I'm ready for anything like the rest of you! I wanted to prove myself…" His voice carries sadly, "At first, the stimulation seemed easy, but then I got knock off my feet…I couldn't stand not being able to do the same things you guys could do, so I kept at it..." His voice gets shaky, "Yet I still haven't beaten it!" He gripped his fist remembering each hit he had took.

"Your only thirteen Private…You have nothing to prove to us."

"That's just it! I do have something to prove to each one of you!" He screamed.

Kowalski raised his eyebrows, "What exactly is that?"

Private ran his fingers through his hair, "You wouldn't understand…" He began to put his shirt back on, painfully.

"Skipper should know what's going on." Kowalski stated, and sighed longingly.

Private's eyes widen in fear of what Skipper would say to him if he found out. It terrified him. He would be lock away in his room for the rest of his life. It would truly ruin his social life if Skipper had to find out what he had been doing. He chooses not to think of it, "You can't tell Skippah, or breathe a word to him! He would have my head on a platter if he found out! Promise you won't tell Skippah, K'walski." Private look up to Kowalski with his eyes gleaming making his puppy eyes appear, "Please?"

Oh, sweet Galileo, thought Kowalski as he dare to look at Private's puppy dog eyes. Kowalski pinch the bridge of his nose once one, "Alright," Private cheered, "But…" Private moaned, "Promise me, Private that you will never do that stimulation unless Skipper tell you otherwise."

Private look at him wearily, "Sure…"

"Private…" Kowalski warns him.

His voice seemed to crack, "Promise…"

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Kowalski hop out of his room, and travel down to kitchen to see if Private hadn't broke his promise to him. Just as he walks down to the kitchen he runs into Private. Private looks paler when he sees Kowalski, and Kowalski question him, "What are you doing up? You know lights out is at ten o' clock."

Private smiles, "I went to eat like I promised, what are you doing up?" Private says , turning the tables on him.

"Er..I wanted a glass of milk…" Kowalski says, and yawns, "You better get off to bed."

Private smiles, and yawns himself, "You too. G'night, K'walski." And he went off to his room slowly. Kowalski still went in the kitchen, and check to see if Private really did eat. No sushi was left on his plate, but Kowalski found it in the trash in stand.

So much for promises from Private…

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